This whole lark has gone from farce, through comedy to tediously boring.

If they manage to rearrange five concerts, are they then going to invite the punters to buy tickets who had already bought the tickets and are in the process of receiving refunds? Can the punters use the refund to purchase the ticket for which they received a refund? Can they just return the refund and retain their ticket?

And I wonder if Garth Brooks would be so keen to come if he knew that nearly everyone on radio and television here refers to him as Garret Brooks?

It's a blank face poker game for high stakes. WTF is a prime minister, and newly appointed deputy minister, doing pretending that this is the equivalent of hosting a G8 summit? Why do media commentators go on like this? Are we all sops? Where is our real world?